The Greene Street Historic District is a national

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

Cumberland Cumberland ( ) is a historic county in the far North West England. It covers part of the Lake District as well as the north Pennines and Solway Firth coast. Cumberland had an administrative function from the 12th century until 1974. From 19 ...

, Allegany County,

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. It is a linear historic district along both sides of Greene Street on the west side of Cumberland. It contains 45 buildings (44 are brick), 37 of which are residential and 8 of which exhibit commercial design characteristics. The earliest buildings in the district are built in the Federal style, followed by buildings erected in the Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, and Colonial Revival styles. The earliest of the district's resources was constructed about 1820, with the most recent built about 1930. It was listed on the

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in 2005.

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External links

*, including photo in 2000, at Maryland Historical Trust
Boundary Map of the Greene Street Historic District, Allegany County
at Maryland Historical Trust Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Historic districts in Allegany County, Maryland Cumberland, Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Allegany County, Maryland {{AlleganyCountyMD-NRHP-stub